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CookingPriest said: I started to because people recommended me to drop this and start reading the LN and they were right but you have right to be a blind fanboi and continue brainfarting. Well if you enjoying the first volume then you will most likely enjoy the rest of the series because the first is also the weakest volume it really starts to pick up around volume 3 |
D-Joe said: Sorry but Mahouka's "filler classes" is way different than Vanadis, because after "filler classes", Mahouka anime still explain with words words and words in anime, which means the "filler classes" for Mahouka was completely useless, unlike Vanadis face pace. Besides, the special episode of Vanadis actually only half is about explanation, other half is joking to Tigre. And i'm pretty sure people will start complaining it's boring or where is the action if they make 2-3 episodes of Tigre's prisoner SoL, it's pretty easy to read through in LN because they release whole volume each, but not in anime which they can only release one episode(24 mins) per week, unless they're super rich like Ufotable or Sunrise. Mahouka in my opinion is a good LN,except for Enrollment arc,and believe it or not they rushed it too especially characterizations.Maybe people got too much shonen manga's adapted into anime's that they don't enjoy something that has extensive world building and expalanations and just want blood and some gore (like see the Mahouka threads for eps 24-26,people that was bashing it suddenly liked those episodes and probably just wants characters to hack to pieces enemies and have blood flying everywhere :) and many LN readers was bashing those eps ).LN's are kinda different from your typical shonen or seinen action manga's/anime's,it has slow world building which is half the fun reading (because you probably can't take pages and pages of text describing how characters mutilate enemies and how blood is flying). And they should just made this into a split 2 cour series like Chaika and Aldnoah,because adapting 5/6 volumes in 12 eps will butcher the story extensively and probably won't pull new readers in to pick up the LN's. |
| I was not planning on watching this, but i was bored and decided to give it a shot, Im surprised by how much i enjoyed this :) |
| I was a little bit disappointed with how it came out. I thought it would have been a real series. But it was cheesy and like any usual harem. I hope it turns out better. It gives me the same vibe i get from watching Date A Live or Serei Tsukai no Blade Dance etc. Doesn't feel very good. |
| "No one knows what the future holds. That's why its potential is infinite.” - Okabe Rintarou "El Psy Congroo." Kirino Kyousake Picture  |
| Well Ellen is a babe so this is a keeper until I think otherwise |
| Seems like it'll be decent. Apparently it was rushed, but since I didn't read the LN's it didn't seem too bad. Hell it looked like they hardly covered anything at all. Definitely liking all the "plot" this Elen girl brings to the table. I haven't watched it yet, but it seems like it's incredibly similar to Nanatsu no Taizai. MC who is one of 7 special people who goes looking for the remaining people. In Taizai it's the seven deadly sins, in this it's a hot ass fanservice warrior girl looking for other hot ass fanservice warrior girls. Being the fanservice whore I am, I'll probably like this more lol. The art is very nice that's for sure. |
| IT WAS OK. Enuf said lol. But will prob stick around and watch nex ep. 3/5 |
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| Great opening song. Love the song. |
| Not yet read the LN, but its a good ep. I'll probably read this after the anime ends to see the difference. |
| Gratuitous fanservice and the usual fantasy-medieval battle-logic aside, this looks pretty promising. |
| 3/5 As a start is not bad, just not convince me the psychology of the characters, too predictable and too close to the usual ecchi seen and reviewed a million times. Drawings, animations, and beautiful environments; Character Design is also good, suitable music history at the time. Let's see how it evolves in the near future. For now, my vote is 5/10! |
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| I like the premise well enough, but I'm a bit turned off by the crazy pacing, overabundance of fan service, and the feel that this will turn into a harem where every girl within twenty miles of the MC goes nuts. I'll give it a few more episodes before I decide if I want to continue or not though. Could still be a worthwhile watch. |
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| So, a few thoughts on this show. The first being, there really wasn't that much fanservice. A close up or two on her boobs, a thigh shot, and the bath. Not exactly what I would call an overabundance. Second, the fighting was interesting, I wonder if we see more. My friends that I was watching this with wouldn't stop comparing this to Berserk. Having not seen it, can anyone confirm that, or are they just BSing me? They called out several scenes as being right from berserk and Elen=Female Griffith and Tigre= Archer Guts. And where is everyone reading the Light Novel? I'm interested in reading once the series gets further along. I have a bad habit of reading the source material of an anime, and then getting frustrated cause some of my friends are super hard asses about anything that hints at spoilers. I checked Baka-Tsuki, but 1-6 wasn't translated, but 7-9 or something like that was. |
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| 20:31 ohh yehhh 24:01 the singer ruined the ED 6/10 for this episode. |
| Isayama Hajime should be awarded The Manga with The Highest Inconsistencies of Characters' Appearances. He keeps performing multiple plastic surgeries on those Shingeki No Kyojin characters in a SINGLE chapter. Yes, I've read up to the latest chapter of Shingeki No Kyojin manga. Forced myself to read through the kidsketching chapters after the anime's ended. At least from now on, I only have to go through the hell once a month. Patiently awaiting SNK TV/movie/OVA anime-sequel. The 2015 SNK live-action movie would probably suck. |
| honestly overall this was meh. I haven't read the manga but even I felt this was really rushed. The OP was bloody amazing though, definitely adding that to my playlist but other than that everything sort of felt mish mashed and forced. Not a fan of the characters so far, they all seem pretty bland and undeveloped. I'm still waiting on seeing a battle scene so I defs won't drop it.. yet |
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| My I feel in love with our male and female leads. I cannot wait until the next episode! Great episode!!! |
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| This seemed pretty rushed for me. I wasn't exactly pleased that it just skipped straight to his being captured. I would've liked to at least see a little bit of the actual battle. I did like the music and art, though, and the VAs were fine as well. Ellen kinda sounded like Medaka Kurokami to me, even though it's a different VA entirely. |
| Indeed, the episode looks very promising, I enjoyed it more than I thought :D |
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| Bowman goes to war without dagger or knife ? MASTER ! |
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| I think this is the third anime I've seen in the last year that promotes this idea that even when naked female warriors need to be unfazed and continue to fight. Curious... |
| I agree it was rushed but most of the stuff they took out was extra stuff we didn't need and I'm pretty happy with the adaptation so far. |
| wow the number of people who have no idea that this series exited even before it's manga was created is astonishing... And also the number of people who assume that it will follow the hit example of harem anime with OP heroines are also amazing in numbers, even though it was just the first episode and have no idea on what's going to happen later. |
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| Not bad. There is an easy solution: accept Elen's deal in exchange for protecting your country. (though that will probably happen anyways) |
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| And once again I get fooled into a harem series. Oh well at least its only 13 episodes. |
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| So as soon as Vorn is gone, the jerk at the start decides to attack his land? |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
kuuderes_shadow said: It more like after 40 days or so.So as soon as Vorn is gone, the jerk at the start decides to attack his land? |
| Yes this doesn't escape many of the usual anime tropes(it's a harem echii, how could it) but is doing it better that your typical show and the medieval war aspect gives it more interesting plot elements. Also the characters are quite likeable, even the male lead seems to be ok and the main girl has a strong female charm without all the unnecessary weird acting bullshit. The designs of both girls in this episode where really well done and hot. I quite liked it and hope it can continue delivering. Also i am happy with the pace cause i wouldn't want any more time wasting with him going around making friends with his former enemies. We already got the picture no need to over analyze it, go on with the rest of the story. different said: I wonder if there is any woman in real life, that isn't a complete slut, that would say "I'm not embarrassed if you look at my body" and just stand in front of you naked. And i wonder if there is anyone who would say what you just said and isn't just a virgin teenage boy. |
MonadOct 12, 2014 6:32 AM
| A solid start, this must be season of the reliable male leads. I was a bit skeptical and thought it'd be too ecchi focused, but I'm glad that it's minimal so far (and deliciously awesome when it's there). Yet another good start to a fantasy series this season. |
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| Damn, another good show to watch this season. I think I'm up to 25 shows now ... I'm gonna have to drop a few or I'll never leave the house. |
| Waaaaaay toooooo rushed. |
| This was so bad... on many levels o_O After murderous attempt MC has been taken as prisoner (not insta-killed on battlefield, why?) and then he was given right to move freely in enemy camp, not to mention war-maiden is trusting him with her plans right away... Not to mention his miraculous one shot of the assassin he for whatever reason wants to spare (WHY?). And here I thought I would get something serious finally. Heck, why do I even try to talk about logic when the only thing that really matters here are boobs? Satelight at its worst. |
| Ugh, this was so rushed, I don't know where to even begin.. |
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| Is it really mandatory to spend 40 seconds just doing production company advertisements? Feels like sitting in a theater for 5 minutes while every company involved with the production of the film whores themselves out to let you know "HEY WAS INVOLVED WITH THIS" okay episode otherwise. I sense potential in the setting, but... nothing really interesting happened. |
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| Less focus fanservice and more on quality then and maybe it'll be good. |
| The first episode has too much fan service, as with many others have said less fan service will definitely make it better. this is the anime that has the best/ high quality medieval armor/ soldiers |
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| 1-6 is translated (see the preview button next to the chapter of the titles) the reason it is considered preview is that volume 1-6 was translated by Machine, but it was done so well, no translator bothered to redo it so it was left like that. All Volumes are up to date.[/quote] Thanks for the help! |
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| Medaka-chan is that you?And an archer MC?Even though some parts felt a little rushed this was interesting...I was expecting way more serious show but im fine with it... |
LoneWizzyOct 16, 2014 1:47 AM
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| Hmmm pretty good. Reminds me a bit of Oda Nobuna no Yabou. |
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| Not bad, typical harem setting with the usual stereotypical characters. An archer, MC lead who isn't a dumbass is pretty nice to see though. Great art, great boob animation and pretty good OST. |
| Is more interesting that I thought it would be, but it was to rushed. Hope it gets better. |
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| I actually think it was pretty good episode, but definitely feels things are moving forward fast. The artstyle and atmosphere reminded me of Akame Ga Kill at first. At least the MC isn't a whiny baby. Glad we have a more serious one this time around. I did lol'd when they act like he did nothing wrong and made him roam their base freely even though he could have scouted the area and backstab them. Still Elen seems bored on what happened in the battle. Despite being overpowered, they still won. I'm loving Haruka Tomatsu's voice!! Next episode is gonna be ace for sure!! |
| Hopefully, this doesn't turn out to be half bad because I enjoyed reading the manga version. The way this show started off was a disappointment because it rushed through so many parts that I felt could have been animated for the sake of a better beginning. |
| Damn they rush it. Oh well, seeing its only one-cour... I'll give it up a few more episodes. |
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